Instrument panel question

akshepard · 05-26-2009, 06:26 PM

What would cause an instrument panel to not display the fuel, oil pressure,temp,and battery readings? also the tach jumps and the speed is off by 5mph. Could the panel be bad?

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sleeper_inc · 05-27-2009, 11:34 AM

Loose wiring, bad sensors, broken ground, bad cluster

dreamer1uk · 05-27-2009, 01:43 PM

Hi,

Is the CEL on?

You could try grounding out those gauges via the wiring going to the sensors to make sure the gauges are not at fault.

akshepard · 05-30-2009, 11:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dreamer1uk

Hi,

Is the CEL on?

You could try grounding out those gauges via the wiring going to the sensors to make sure the gauges are not at fault.

Sorry its been awhile since my last post yea the CEL is on, and its not a loose connection i pulled the panel to check the wiring.

dreamer1uk · 05-30-2009, 03:20 PM

Hi,

Well have the CEL scanned for codes and get back to us.

Did you try to ground out each gauge to see if the gauges are working??

akshepard · 05-30-2009, 07:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dreamer1uk

Hi,

Well have the CEL scanned for codes and get back to us.

Did you try to ground out each gauge to see if the gauges are working??

no idea on how to ground out the gauges, all work to some degree except for the gas gauge. i'll have to wait till i can go to advance before i can check the code.

Babybudistmonk · 06-04-2009, 11:18 AM

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mustang2.3 · 06-04-2009, 01:16 PM

hey if you dont fix it i have a 85mph cluster for $25 everything works on it.